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Top 5 Ways to Promote Your New Album
Posted by admin in New Music Album on July 3, 2011
You’ve worked for months on your new album. Now what? Unless you have a major label, experienced management or a generous amount of investor money behind you, the ability to promote your own album is crucial. Besides the talent to make great music, promotional skills are some of the most important skills you can have as an indie artist. When you don’t have the means to hire a PR firm to push the album for you, try these five steps and cover your bases. Although it is overwhelming, keep in mind that these actions are crucial to your success and the process takes the 3 Ps: planning, persistence, and patience.
1. Target the Right Audience – It is very important to know and understand who your audience is in every aspect. What age group are they? Where do most of them live? What kind of music do they like? If you pay attention to these details and come up with a list of people you want to contact, you can save a ton of time and money. Write out lists and target each relevant group.
2. Create a Press Kit/Promo Package – This process isn’t as intimidating as people assume. Think about what you need to include so that the media gets to see everything they need to know about you in a concise, yet detailed manner. For example, a press kit could include: Read the rest of this entry »
New Music For the Warm Season
Posted by admin in New Music Album on July 3, 2011
The new music that will set the spring and summer off in Hip Hop comes from a list of artists who will ensure they will keep the blazin’ tracks sizzlin’. The first to start it off is the long awaited T.I. who is back from a forced hiatus and now is on the scene to tell everyone he is reclaiming the throne on his new single “I’m Back.” The Atlanta R & B sensation B.O.B is blazing the airwaves with his single “Nothin’ On You.”
Ludacris is also hitting the charts hard with his new album release called Battle of the Sexes. Hardcore but sexy rapper Plies has a new single that will for sure keep the thugs and the ladies wanting to keep him in rotation with his “She Got It Made.” Fresh new St. Louis artist MeLLoc Cadafi also has a tune to heat things up as well. His new single Back At it Again which you can listen on Radiolicious and Jango, which is available for the ipad, ipod touch, Blackberry, and on Radiolicious’ website. “Back At It Again” is a sexy track for all of the ladies to groove to as the warm weather allows them to tune into their sensual side. Read the rest of this entry »